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† seˈductor Obs.
Also 5–6 seductour.
[a. OF. seducteur, ad. L. sēductor, agent-noun f. sēdūcĕre: see seduce and -or.]
One who seduces, a misleader, seducer.
In the 15–16th c. frequently in the set phrase seductor and deceiver of the people.
1490Caxton Eneydos xvi. 60 The whiche seductor of ladies [sc. the false Eneas], kepeth himself in maner as a woman,..wyth his longe heres that he maketh to be enoynted & kemed. Ibid. 61. 1491 ― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xix. 22 One namyd Phylemon, whyche was moche amyable & debonayr to the peple, & callyd hymself seductour & deseyvour of the peple. 1523[Coverdale] Old God & New (1534) D ij, Anon he gat certeyn of the Iuwes, whiche did repyne & speake agaynst the doctryne of y⊇ Apostels accusing them to be seductours & deceyuers. 1541Becon News out of Heaven F vij, For they shall reporte him to be..a seductour and deceyuer of the people. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 111 Yat we diligentlie flie from vthers [sc. than those lawfully ordained] as fra our enimies and contagious seductors. 1631Massinger Believe as You List ii. ii, Since the assurance from one of my place, qualitie, and rancke, is not sufficient with you to suppresse this bold seductor. |